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Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default

From	Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
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Subject	Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default
Date	2018-09-23 20:00 +0200
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On Sun 23 Sep 2018 at 00:05:58 +0100, mick crane wrote:

> On 2018-09-21 18:29, Subhadip Ghosh wrote:
>  Debian is a Universal OS.
> > 
> > I wouldn't say whatever you said, doesn't make sense. I wish there
> > were an easier way to know about it when I started using the OS,
> > something to warn me that I need to configure the firewall to suit my
> > needs. Maybe because I came from a different OS where the defaults
> > were stricter, my expectations about the defaults were different.
> > 
> 
> fell foul of this years ago. installed OS, naively went on IRC while looking
> about at what was installed.
> "oh, I seem to have ports open"
> 20 seconds later somebody took over my account"

Tough.

> Rapidly pulls cable and reinstalls.

And never used IRC again. :)

> Some sort of a warning during installation.
> "there is no firewall running, You should probably set up some rules"
> 
> would be helpful.

The ordinary user's eyes would glaze over. The installation process is
ok as it is.

-- 
Brian.

Thread

Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 05:10 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-09-21 05:30 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 05:40 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-09-21 05:50 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 07:10 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 19:40 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-21 19:10 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 19:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 20:00 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 20:10 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-21 21:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-09-21 21:50 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-23 01:10 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-23 20:00 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-23 23:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-24 00:00 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 09:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-22 11:20 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 13:00 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-22 13:40 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 17:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-22 20:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-09-24 05:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-24 05:30 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-09-24 09:10 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-24 11:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-09-24 11:40 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-24 14:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-22 20:30 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-22 22:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-09-22 22:40 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-22 23:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Simon Kengelbacher <simon.kengelbacher@mail.ch> - 2018-09-22 23:50 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-23 00:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Simon Kengelbacher <simon.kengelbacher@mail.ch> - 2018-09-23 00:20 +0200
                SSH X forwarding going awry (Was: Why does Debian allow all incoming  traffic by default) Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2018-09-23 11:40 +0200
                Re: SSH X forwarding going awry FIXED (Was: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-23 16:10 +0200
                Re: SSH X forwarding going awry FIXED (Was: Why does Debian allow  all incoming traffic by default) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-23 23:00 +0200
                Re: SSH X forwarding going awry FIXED (Was: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-24 04:50 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 21:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-23 00:00 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 21:00 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-24 21:30 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-26 15:50 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-26 17:10 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-26 19:30 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-22 15:50 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 16:50 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 20:50 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-09-21 15:00 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 18:30 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-21 20:20 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 20:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-21 21:10 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 23:20 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 23:40 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-22 00:10 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-22 09:10 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-22 15:50 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 09:50 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-22 12:00 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 13:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-22 13:30 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-09-22 22:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-09-22 22:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 23:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-09-22 12:10 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-22 12:40 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 13:10 +0200
    netstat (was: Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-09-21 20:00 +0200
      Re: netstat Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 20:20 +0200
        Re: netstat rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-09-22 20:50 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 20:50 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-09-24 21:30 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-26 15:50 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pablo Álvarez Córdoba <pabloalvarezcordoba@protonmail.ch> - 2018-09-21 18:30 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 19:30 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-09-22 00:10 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-22 09:40 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 10:40 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-22 13:20 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 17:10 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-23 10:50 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-27 14:00 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 20:50 +0200

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